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members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the very beginning we have concerns as we work to implement the law, and as i said yesterday on january 20th when this decision was announced secretary sebelius said quote we will continue to work closely with religious groups in this transitional periods to discuss their concern s. i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements and eight of the states as i have mentioned before do not even the exemption that this provision requires for churches and house of worship. we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy that is as sensitive to their concerns as possib
members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the...
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some of it at the time unpopular. >> jay carney stresses he only got involved in the welfare controversy because it's a policy issue. they believe that the ad distorts the president's record. they released state fire department republicans praising the president on the welfare issue. bret? >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. as carl mentioned we are days away arguably from the biggest decision mitt romney will make as the republican candidate. who he will choose for running mate. head of that decision, we thought we'd bring back the series running with romney and reintroduce you to people we believe are romney's top four choices on his short, short list. with the caveat that only governor romney knows for sure and he could choose someone outside of the four. we begin with one of the republican party young guns whose names seems to be on everyone's lips right now. >> i think the most likely pick is paul ryan. >> paul ryan makes sense. >> romney really likes ryan. there is a good chance he is the pick. >> in recent days, wisconsin congressman and house budget committee cha
some of it at the time unpopular. >> jay carney stresses he only got involved in the welfare controversy because it's a policy issue. they believe that the ad distorts the president's record. they released state fire department republicans praising the president on the welfare issue. bret? >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. as carl mentioned we are days away arguably from the biggest decision mitt romney will make as the republican candidate. who he will choose for...
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jay carney saying this is a wholly unnecessary vote pointing the finger at republicans saying they are just all about politics here. they are made a strategic choice to score some political points. they should be focused on the economy, putting more teachers in the classroom and making sure the interest rates stay low. not on this vote. >> i know it was the president who used the executive privilege last week. can the white house or doj do anything if it's this late in the game to hold off this contempt vote? >> reporter: that's such a good question because there were behind the scene negotiations that broke down, but white house spokesman jay carney, sounded a bit optimistic. sgh y >> you remain hopeful that common sense revails. you have to look at the beginning of the year when republicans announced that one of their chief legislative priorities was to investigate and damage the president politically. >> reporter: he is hopeful, but he would not say whether there were ongoing talks between the white house and members of congress and whether or not the president himself was actively
jay carney saying this is a wholly unnecessary vote pointing the finger at republicans saying they are just all about politics here. they are made a strategic choice to score some political points. they should be focused on the economy, putting more teachers in the classroom and making sure the interest rates stay low. not on this vote. >> i know it was the president who used the executive privilege last week. can the white house or doj do anything if it's this late in the game to hold...
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questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his policy proposals and there's real opportunity to work to get a lot of that done. it goes right to the point that i've been making that conventional wisdom holds that we can't accomplish things at that both the administration and congress controlled largely by the other party can agree on, but that's not true. that's a perfect example of an area to find common ground and can achieve some of the things that after all a number of the items that the house majority leader put forward in na op-ed in politico are ones that the president suggested in september and he reiterated at the state of june address. i think that
questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his...
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president obama through white house spokesman jay carney went after romney for not only those remarks but ad that romney is running on the subject. watch. >> from a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement is categorically false and blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more atechive ways to help people get off welfare and into a job. >> democrats accuse romney of hypocrisy because in 2005 he signed on to a letter with republic governors urging congress to loosen some of the restrictions and let states run their welfare programs more effectively. romney says he never once was suggesting they eliminate the work requirement, shep. >> shepard: carl, i'm told governor romney's wife ann olympic horse may have something to do with the running mate announcement. >> we haven't gotten the who but win. mrs. romney's horse did not qualify for the medal round. the horse's involvement is over in the united kingdom. she will now come home and get together with her husband the presumptive nominee on frida
president obama through white house spokesman jay carney went after romney for not only those remarks but ad that romney is running on the subject. watch. >> from a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement is categorically false and blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more atechive ways to help people get off welfare and into a job. >> democrats accuse romney of hypocrisy because in...
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this is the second day the jay carney refuse to get into that dispute. based on one anonymous source that allegedly was spoken to, he is alleging that the romney did not pay any taxes at all. this was from the washington fact checker on this review. they believe that this is an attack that is hitting mitt romney very hard. on one of his vulnerabilities about not putting out more tax returns and not telling how harry reid to stop it. brinkley, jay carney, per second, he said there is one way to end this issue. have mitt romney turn over more tax returns. the bottom line is, they want to see these attacks continue. it certainly helps the president politically. >> thank you very much for keeping up with the updates. shannon: the dispute is between governor romney and senator harry reid. senator harry reid speaks for himself. newark mayor cory booker criticize the president's attack on on governor romney's record having capital. at one point on a sunday morning, he called them nauseating. then there was senator dianne feinstein. she says the white house was
this is the second day the jay carney refuse to get into that dispute. based on one anonymous source that allegedly was spoken to, he is alleging that the romney did not pay any taxes at all. this was from the washington fact checker on this review. they believe that this is an attack that is hitting mitt romney very hard. on one of his vulnerabilities about not putting out more tax returns and not telling how harry reid to stop it. brinkley, jay carney, per second, he said there is one way to...
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. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney took issue with that. >> let me say this advertisement is category economy false and blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: he goes on to say this gives states more flexibility with regards to how they want to get those families back to work. >> meanwhile the president is in washington holding two private fund-raisers. apparently some comments are getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: this is during a fund-raising speech in connecticut when the president coined this new term. >> he would ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so he clan give another $2350 -- $250,000 tam break to people making -- it's romneyhood. >> reporter: obama campaign hasn't said whether romney hood will become affection churr. mitt romney responded to what he thinks about that lay belt he says it's obama loney if you can say that three times over. >> thanks for that live report. we'll see you tomorrow. >> the democratic national convention is four weeks away. organizes want to make sure you're taking part whether there in charlotte or not. the dnc the mobile app w
. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney took issue with that. >> let me say this advertisement is category economy false and blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: he goes on to say this gives states more flexibility with regards to how they want to get those families back to work. >> meanwhile the president is in washington holding two private fund-raisers. apparently some comments are getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: this is during a fund-raising...
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it was the first issue that jay carney brought up at the daily briefing earlier today. >> before i take your questions, i wanted to start with a statement by the president. "last week, the senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that will keep construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing. now the house of representatives needs to take bipartisan action so i can sign this into law. an economy built to last depends on a world class infrastructure system that allows us to transport goods as quickly as possible. that's why we need to continue to make investments that will create jobs by rebuilding and modernizing our roads, bridges, and railways. that's why my administration will continue to fight for the long-term investments needed to ensure that america continues to compete and succeed in a global economy." we commended the senate. we are calling on the house to pass bipartisan transportation legislation. the items in the bill will let congress figure out we commended the senate for acting in a bipartisan way on this important bill. the house, like the senate, shou
it was the first issue that jay carney brought up at the daily briefing earlier today. >> before i take your questions, i wanted to start with a statement by the president. "last week, the senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that will keep construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing. now the house of representatives needs to take bipartisan action so i can sign this into law. an economy built to last depends on a world class infrastructure system that...
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. >> the comments of jay carney earlier today. the headline from the washington times, sparks fly at a white house meeting. joining us live on the phone is susan crabtree who posted the story a short while ago. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the he said she said statements from the speaker of the house, john boehner, reaction from nancy pelosi saying the speaker's characterization of the meeting wasn't quite right. as you indicated and others indicated some rather tense words, if you want to say tense, between the president and the speaker on the debt limit vote. what have you been able to glean from the session? because nobody spoke on the record after the session. >> it seemed like the white house portrayed it in a friendly light when jay carney came out for comments saying it was a friendly meeting and he was emphasizing his to do lists and goals he was trying to get accomplished or passed by the end of the year. but during the briefing you got a read out from boehner's office and it was saying
. >> the comments of jay carney earlier today. the headline from the washington times, sparks fly at a white house meeting. joining us live on the phone is susan crabtree who posted the story a short while ago. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the he said she said statements from the speaker of the house, john boehner, reaction from nancy pelosi saying the speaker's characterization of the meeting wasn't quite right. as you indicated and others...
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here's more on how aural of this came about today with jay carney giving a readout following the session that took place at the noon hour the a the white house. >> talk about the atmospherics of today's meeting. and also, did speaker boehner's comments yesterday about the debt ceiling change the tone or the meeting? >> well, the president had lunch with the leaders alone. i was not in there, no staff was in there. i spoke with the president afterwards. my sense is that the tone was congenial, the discussion was productive, the sandwiches were delicious and that while the topic was raised and discussed, there was no other issue associated with -- or no problem associated with speaker boehner's ares yesterday. >> what portion of the meeting was taken up by that. >> i think my readout of the meeting and the percentage of sometime spent on the various topics is a fair representation of the percentages of the meeting and how they broke down. >> but the president did call the meeting to talk about his to-do list. >> they spent some time talking about that and the fact that -- and i think this
here's more on how aural of this came about today with jay carney giving a readout following the session that took place at the noon hour the a the white house. >> talk about the atmospherics of today's meeting. and also, did speaker boehner's comments yesterday about the debt ceiling change the tone or the meeting? >> well, the president had lunch with the leaders alone. i was not in there, no staff was in there. i spoke with the president afterwards. my sense is that the tone was...
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joining us live this evening from the white house briefing room, white house press secretary jay carney. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: i know you heard mike's piece. speaker boehner went further, saying the white house made clear by labor day it was in full campaign mode. the president wants this to be a year one address. he is taking on the role of rip van winkle like he slept through the two years where democrats controlled both chambers. your reaction? >> my reaction is it's unfortunate that you have criticism of a speech that someone hasn't heard yet. he is wrong about it. the president worked hard resulted in great republican resistance in a deal finally not withstanding a lot of problems in the house of republican caucus and extension of the payroll tax cut for the american people for two months. extension that we fully expect congress to carry out through the end of the year when they get back to work here. the president will continue to build on themes he laid out in a speech in kansas, about how we need an economy here that is built to last. not on housing bubbl
joining us live this evening from the white house briefing room, white house press secretary jay carney. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: i know you heard mike's piece. speaker boehner went further, saying the white house made clear by labor day it was in full campaign mode. the president wants this to be a year one address. he is taking on the role of rip van winkle like he slept through the two years where democrats controlled both chambers. your reaction? >> my...
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and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the republicans put out the jobs act and elements within it that overlap considerably with the president's prior tis and in fact echo the very things that the president brought up first in his speech in september when he put forward his american jobs act. he repeated those very same areas in terms of the small business and assistance to small business in the state of the union address and again last week when he signed the payroll tax extension. so, certainly, there is reason to hope that if congress can focus on resolving some differences that we could get some progress in that arena or that area. and as for ener
and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the...
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jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part of what is is a remarkable process. it was just a reminder of the greatness of the country in which we live. before i take your questions, let me give you this announcement. next thursday the president will travel to new york to review recovery efforts, meet with affected families and local officials, and thank brave first responders who have worked tirelessly to protect communities following hurricane sandy. more details about the trip will be announced when they're available. >> that's new york city or new york area? >> new york area. earlier toda
jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part...
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chris, alissa, according to the white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and when we do, the president will have a decision to make. but if it goes down, it's a real judgment on sort of the divided republican house conference. if it passes, there's no path forward at least that we can currently see. as you point on the president obama and harry reid saying this is going nowhere. the argument, i talked to some boehner allies today -- the argument shows, look, it shows we're doing something. we're trying to get a plan that will get -- that can get through the u.s. house, but, again, we're getting closer and closer now 11 days away from the end of the year, and this is an exercise t
chris, alissa, according to the white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and...
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jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect the americanw3 taxpayers who make a million dollars06 or less and 6 all of their current ratesbsl extended. >> sean: that was speaker boehner talking about protecting the taxpayers with his plan b. now it's a modified plan b. is that what the plan really does? here to debate that juan williams, author of the great destroyer, and david limbaugh is with us. if you go back, this is how far we've come in a year. go back to when the republicans were debate -- trying to get the nomination. tax increases. all
jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we...
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jay carney said that again yesterday. and then he got some surprising support from tom coburn, conservative republican senator from oklahoma who said you know, the president on this thing is right. what's wrong with raising rates? >> personally, i know we have to raise revenue. i don't really care which way we do it. actually, i would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way because it gives us greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future. >> bill: tom coburn saying personally, i don't care if rates happen to go up. maybe with that, there will be enough republicans who will be willing to buck the leadership of their own party to make a deal with democrats. are we wrong to be so optimistic? congresswoman donna edwards joins us in studio now. hey, congresswoman, how are you? i'm glad you're working today by the way. everybody else is -- congress went home yesterday right? >> well, after i leave here, i'm actually headed right to the hill. >> bill: oh, good. let me ask you about -- >> i
jay carney said that again yesterday. and then he got some surprising support from tom coburn, conservative republican senator from oklahoma who said you know, the president on this thing is right. what's wrong with raising rates? >> personally, i know we have to raise revenue. i don't really care which way we do it. actually, i would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way because it gives us greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future. >>...
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and you saw during jay carney's press conference -- or jay carn carney's briefing rather, that the entire briefing was dominated by this topic. i think the president is probably expecting to get a number of questions on the topic of general petraeus tomorrow when he addresses correspondents. so i think this is not how the president wanted to start off his second term. obviously, he, lawmakers on capitol hill are really focused on the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it, what to do about it. the president trying to send a strong message of bipartisanship, saying to lawmakers we need to work together to get this resolved. we can't have another replay of what we saw during the summer of 2011 during the debt ceiling debate. this is not the type of press conference or the tone of the press conference certainly that the white house was hoping for. >> finally, kristin, if i may, it's also traditional for a re-elected president to refresh his cabinet. there's been speculation today that senator john kerry may be heading to the defense department. can you provide any clarity on this or indeed any othe
and you saw during jay carney's press conference -- or jay carn carney's briefing rather, that the entire briefing was dominated by this topic. i think the president is probably expecting to get a number of questions on the topic of general petraeus tomorrow when he addresses correspondents. so i think this is not how the president wanted to start off his second term. obviously, he, lawmakers on capitol hill are really focused on the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it, what to do about it. the...
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. >> jay carney says the answer is balance of spending cut and tax increases. paul ryan says it will send the country backwards. >> we'll lose the come pettive race. will lose economic growth. >> republicans blame uncertainty for tax rate holding back business and consumer spending but there was modestly good economic news. americans are seeing release in gasoline. shares of furniture and electronics in rose in april. >> neither the white house say it will not be where they'd like it to be by the time they go to polls. running on vision rather than achievement can be risky for incumbent. it leighs you open to the reagan question are you better now than you were four years ago? >> stocks were down again today. the dow lost 63. the s&p 500 was off eight. nasdaq dropped nine. the top republican on capitol hill is drawing a line in the sand on the tet ceiling. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports on an opening shot of the war on the borrowing limit. >> boehner is ready for a fight. >> when the time comes i will again insist. principles are greater
. >> jay carney says the answer is balance of spending cut and tax increases. paul ryan says it will send the country backwards. >> we'll lose the come pettive race. will lose economic growth. >> republicans blame uncertainty for tax rate holding back business and consumer spending but there was modestly good economic news. americans are seeing release in gasoline. shares of furniture and electronics in rose in april. >> neither the white house say it will not be where...
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i think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesn't have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. it's an orthodoxy that's wrong and polluted our fiscal politics for way too long. the president has the opportunity to do something about it and i'm glad he's holding fast. >> i want to put something to both of you, first with professor peterson, there is a broader context to this whole discussion because corporate profits have just reached a record for the third quarter of this year. yet at the same time the united states has the highest percentage of low wage earners of almost any developed nation. if you listen to boehner's proposal, it does nothing but harm the working poor. >> did you want -- >
i think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesn't have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. it's an orthodoxy that's wrong and polluted our fiscal politics...
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jay carney struggled tuesday when i asked him whether the president is satisfied with how quickly the fbi provided information to the president. >> there are protocols in place, as i understand it, and i haven't -- >> it sounds like you don't have an answer? >> i am not suggesting the president, you know, is -- given that he was surprised that he is pleased with the events of this past week, but the past several days, but the fact of the matter is there are processes in place to handle these kinds of things. >> it sounds like he doesn't like the fact that he was blind sided? >> no, i didn't say that. >> the president's press conference will also lay bare the degrees to which the petraeus story is a distraction from budget negotiations. carney argued yesterday that hard deadlines trump everything. >> we have very concrete deadlines. he expects that those who are engaged in conversations about it and negotiations about it will be as focused as he is. >> the president is likely to lay out his opening offer in more detail this afternoon. yesterday the president made two promises, we under
jay carney struggled tuesday when i asked him whether the president is satisfied with how quickly the fbi provided information to the president. >> there are protocols in place, as i understand it, and i haven't -- >> it sounds like you don't have an answer? >> i am not suggesting the president, you know, is -- given that he was surprised that he is pleased with the events of this past week, but the past several days, but the fact of the matter is there are processes in place...
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>> reporter: almost immediately after the jay carney announced that the white house counsel conducted its own investigation of potential of white house involvement in the prostitution scandal and found no evidence of any, senator chuck grassley, ranking member of the senate homeland security committee, sent a letter to the white house counsel. hear is the letter here. investigating the white house is not entirely credible. he spoke to greta van susteren last night. >> make sure there is credibility for everything is to let the office of inspector general or some independent person have access to it. have access to the people and ask the same questions that they have asked. >> reporter: here's part of what press secretary jay carney said yesterday about the investigation. >> there have been no specific, credible allegations of misconduct by anyone on the white house advance team or the white house staff. >> reporter: but grassley is also concerned that a weekend long investigation may have not been sufficient given the dod and secret service investigations are going on well over a week
>> reporter: almost immediately after the jay carney announced that the white house counsel conducted its own investigation of potential of white house involvement in the prostitution scandal and found no evidence of any, senator chuck grassley, ranking member of the senate homeland security committee, sent a letter to the white house counsel. hear is the letter here. investigating the white house is not entirely credible. he spoke to greta van susteren last night. >> make sure...
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. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be more worried about the economy. >> congressional republicans are focused on this politically motivated taxpayer funded election year, fishing expedition. >> defiant attorney general eric holder agreed. all the way from denmark slammed house republicans for moving forward on contempt charges. >> to say that the action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary, and unprecedented. >> republicans showed no signs of backing down. senator marco rubio, potential v.p. pick, urged holder to resign. john boehner stopped short of that saying it's not about personalities but vowed to push the full house to hold him in contempt. >> this is about getti
. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be...
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i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not very specific at all. didn't have a clear battle plan at all. so didn't even have a time line of how quickly he would move. take a listen. >> i think that it's part of it, but it is far from all of it. as you know, the president has taken positions on common sense measures that he believes should be taken to help address this problem, but he made clear that more needs to be done. >> that was a question about gun control, not as specific and firm in terms of the president last night, saying that he really wants to do something to protect children, although we're told that this afternoon, the president,
i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not...
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some of this is political theater says jay carney. to some degree the president noted when her book came out it got a lot of attention. her description of that meeting did not reflect what happened in the meeting in the oval office and she described, governor brewer describing the meeting as cordial to reporters. again, you'll probably get more on this tonight and tomorrow. the white house responding to some of the reports it was a testy or frostiy conversation on the tarmac between the governor of arizona and the president as he landed yesterday to campaign on his -- to campaign on his state of the union address on to focus on jobs in the economy at a speech in phoenix, arizona. this it is washington today on c-span radio. the pentagon outlining a plan today that slows the growth of military spending including the cutting the size of the army and marine corps, retiring a number of older planes. it is drawing some criticism from republicans. it will likely come up in the debate tonight between the four republican candidates. the chang
some of this is political theater says jay carney. to some degree the president noted when her book came out it got a lot of attention. her description of that meeting did not reflect what happened in the meeting in the oval office and she described, governor brewer describing the meeting as cordial to reporters. again, you'll probably get more on this tonight and tomorrow. the white house responding to some of the reports it was a testy or frostiy conversation on the tarmac between the...
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but i pressed jay carney. i said will spending cuts be included? and here is what he said. >> can you hold up that budget, look in the camera and say to your fellow democrats on capitol hill, vote for and include some of these spending cuts in this deal to avoid the fiscal cliff? because that's not what they are doing. should they include those? >> yes. and i know that democrats accept that there -- this has to be a balanced package that includes revenues and cuts and spending cuts. >> reporter: so news the white house is saying different from yesterday that spending cuts should be part of these fiscal cliff talks. where it may break down on the part about whether the president will push democrats on capitol hill to go along. it was tuesday that dick durbin said spending cuts, medicare cuts, ets, should not be part of these fiscal cliff cuts. we'll see whether durbin and others on the hill go along with what jay carney is saying. we'll see if that improves the possibility of a deal. megyn: we have 33 democratic lawmakers saying we are not touching
but i pressed jay carney. i said will spending cuts be included? and here is what he said. >> can you hold up that budget, look in the camera and say to your fellow democrats on capitol hill, vote for and include some of these spending cuts in this deal to avoid the fiscal cliff? because that's not what they are doing. should they include those? >> yes. and i know that democrats accept that there -- this has to be a balanced package that includes revenues and cuts and spending cuts....
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lou: press secretary jay carney doesn't understand what speaker boehner sid. jay carney said the president is open tideas as long as those ideas include a tax hike on the top 2% of the nations taxpayers. jay carney making it clear today thathe president will not budge on this position. >> the president will not sign any legislation that extends the bush era tax cuts for top earners in this country. this should not be news to anyone on capitol hill. it is certainly not news to anyone in america who was not in a coma during the campaign season. lou: senate majority leader kerry read with a much different take on his meeting with the treasury secretary. an almost gleeful harry reid told republicans to put specific revenues on the table, even as republicans continue to wait for the democtic party and specific spending cuts on the table. >> i had a nice meeting with secretary geithner this morning. i always enjoy meeting with him. democrats are all on the same page. republicans know where we stand. we have sete and said it so many times, and the president has said
lou: press secretary jay carney doesn't understand what speaker boehner sid. jay carney said the president is open tideas as long as those ideas include a tax hike on the top 2% of the nations taxpayers. jay carney making it clear today thathe president will not budge on this position. >> the president will not sign any legislation that extends the bush era tax cuts for top earners in this country. this should not be news to anyone on capitol hill. it is certainly not news to anyone in...
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it is not jay carney's job to stand up and make the statement. he is a press secretary that runs interference for the president. we need is leadership from president obama. we did see motion from his statement. he is a father himself. thoughts and prayers are not going to heal the wounds of these parents who will never see their children again and who will never see them realize their potential and live the course of their national -- natural lives. there are no thoughts and prayers that are going to prevent the next mass shooting from happening, which we all know, it could happen within a matter of hours if not days. we need to do a few things and do them immediately. we have to have background checks on all gun sales. we still live a denture a country where 40% gun sales occur without a background check. that is ridiculous. most of these checks are done in a matter of minutes. there is no excuse and 2012 what we are still allowing sellers to legally sell guns with no accountability. we have to strengthen the background checks. we have seen so m
it is not jay carney's job to stand up and make the statement. he is a press secretary that runs interference for the president. we need is leadership from president obama. we did see motion from his statement. he is a father himself. thoughts and prayers are not going to heal the wounds of these parents who will never see their children again and who will never see them realize their potential and live the course of their national -- natural lives. there are no thoughts and prayers that are...
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joining me tonight is white house press secretary jay carney. thank you for being here. >> glad to be with you. >> bret: congressmanan ryan reacted to the president's speech today, as you heard a bit of that in ed's piece, but he went on the say the commander in chief is acting like campaigner in chief, not coming up with solutions and ideas. he'd rather have bitter partisan attacks. how do you respond to that? >> i would ask congressman ryan to respond with the same specificity, the same reliance on math and facts, as the president presented in the speech today. instead he responded with boilerplate. but leadership is not presenting a budget that use the magics a center risk to explain away $900 billion in additional nondiscretionary spending cuts. it says we give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest americans and somehow pay for them with unspecified closing of loopholes and other means that congressman ryan says he'd let means committee deal with in the future. that's not responsibility budget presentation. what he did is lay out and in detail
joining me tonight is white house press secretary jay carney. thank you for being here. >> glad to be with you. >> bret: congressmanan ryan reacted to the president's speech today, as you heard a bit of that in ed's piece, but he went on the say the commander in chief is acting like campaigner in chief, not coming up with solutions and ideas. he'd rather have bitter partisan attacks. how do you respond to that? >> i would ask congressman ryan to respond with the same...
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karen bohan, who covers the white house for writer's news with questions to press secretary jay carney. >> jay, can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders why this came about now? and, also, although both sides are up, isn't it kind of a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, i say two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and the senate in the last -- in the time since they last sat down together. i think last summer and spring were notable for the high number of hours that the leaders spent together with the president as they tried to work out -- avoid overt to government shut down in the spring and work out an agreement on deficit and debt reduction in the summer. >>> as for this meeting, it was an opportunity as the president saw it to meet with the leadership at the beginning of this year. it was useful to do it after congress acted on the president's highest priority for the b
karen bohan, who covers the white house for writer's news with questions to press secretary jay carney. >> jay, can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders why this came about now? and, also, although both sides are up, isn't it kind of a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, i say two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication...
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that bad for democrats, including the democrat in the white house, jay carney at a gaggle this morning said don't read anything into this beyond who is going to occupy the governor's seat in wisconsin, but everybody is looking at signs for november, and richard trumka, the labor leader, was forced to come out and say we're not done fighting in wisconsin or around the country. >> the nurses, teachers, firefighters, snow plow drivers and other wisconsin citizens that make the state great will continue to fight for an economy that works over a partisan agenda. >> a sense of disarray on the democratic side exacerbated when larry summers came out and said something similar to what bill clinton said to maria bart yiro yesterday. he later backtracked in a subsequent e-mail, and president obama came out through jay carney and doubled down and said we're not going toeks tend the tax cuts. lines are drawn, and at this moment, politics are difficult for the administration. >> john, at what point does this backtracking, all these guys, and back to cory booker on the bain capital issue and clinton
that bad for democrats, including the democrat in the white house, jay carney at a gaggle this morning said don't read anything into this beyond who is going to occupy the governor's seat in wisconsin, but everybody is looking at signs for november, and richard trumka, the labor leader, was forced to come out and say we're not done fighting in wisconsin or around the country. >> the nurses, teachers, firefighters, snow plow drivers and other wisconsin citizens that make the state great...
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pill * you heard from jay carney, strong words from the white house. patti ann, what's next? >> brand-new images of the fierce fighting in syria as rebels take on government troops. the syrian president appears after weeks of being m.i.a. bill: how high will it go? the level of concern young americans have when it comes to pay for their college education. man oh man. ♪ don't our dogs deserve better then chicken meal introducing freshpet made with real chicken that's so fresh you'll find it in the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido bill: paying for college. apparently weighing on the minds of america's young. many of them, 40% say they will take out student loans. the same policing a big drop in how much young people think of the presidential election in 2012. could that work against president obama? he carried the youth vote significantly in 2000. it was a major block of support for him. patti ann: a new twist in the temple shooting investigation. the shooter's ex-girlfriend is arrested in milwaukee. she faces a charge of felony weapons. authorities say her relationship wi
pill * you heard from jay carney, strong words from the white house. patti ann, what's next? >> brand-new images of the fierce fighting in syria as rebels take on government troops. the syrian president appears after weeks of being m.i.a. bill: how high will it go? the level of concern young americans have when it comes to pay for their college education. man oh man. ♪ don't our dogs deserve better then chicken meal introducing freshpet made with real chicken that's so fresh you'll find...
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when jay carney says to our guy ed henry we don't nolg know anything about. this don't you think that president obama, with all the power that he has, could come out and say we're trying to get him released. you don't have to -- jo expect him to threaten mexico. i don't expect him to diminish the new president or lodge any charges. that's my job. i will do that but certainly the president can say we are very concerned woe would like mexico mexico to do the humanitarian thing and release him. what would be wrong with that senator? >> i hope that that happens by december 25th. >> bill: why hasn't it happened since august? it's now december. come on. why hasn't it happened? >> well, bill, you and i know that the president has got so much to attend to. that's why i cited abraham lincoln. greatness is defined and senato. >> let's get him out. let's get him out. first of all, here's where the breakdown is. and by the way, i have talked to the mexican ambassador to the united states now several times. most recently today by the way he is a good guy. he is working ve
when jay carney says to our guy ed henry we don't nolg know anything about. this don't you think that president obama, with all the power that he has, could come out and say we're trying to get him released. you don't have to -- jo expect him to threaten mexico. i don't expect him to diminish the new president or lodge any charges. that's my job. i will do that but certainly the president can say we are very concerned woe would like mexico mexico to do the humanitarian thing and release him....
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white house spokesman jay carney told republicans the obstacle is the refusal to raise taxes. top democrats say the real goal of veto threat is the president wants to put the other side on note. if he wins the election, he will have a mandate. >> we can't get this done unless we also add wealthiest household pay higher taxes on the income above $250,000. pay the same rate we paid when bill clinton was president and went from deficit to surplus. that is how you do it. >> the case undermined today by bill clinton himself in ohio. >> let's elect president obama. >> campaigning with bruce springstein, clinton alleged romney budget math does not add up. then gave republicans unexpected ammunition. >> governor romney's argument is we're not fixed. so fire him and put me in. >> it's true, we're not fixed. when president obama looked in the eyes of that man, who said in the debate, i had so much hope four years ago, and i don't now. i thought he was going to cry. because he knows it's not fi fixed. >> former president clinton mostly stayed on message charging that romney masquerading
white house spokesman jay carney told republicans the obstacle is the refusal to raise taxes. top democrats say the real goal of veto threat is the president wants to put the other side on note. if he wins the election, he will have a mandate. >> we can't get this done unless we also add wealthiest household pay higher taxes on the income above $250,000. pay the same rate we paid when bill clinton was president and went from deficit to surplus. that is how you do it. >> the case...
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at the daily briefing, jay carney at the top of the briefing making a direct reference to the speaker on gas and energy price. >> reporter: before i get started, i wanted to note as the president predicted last week when he came a speech at the university of miami, upon its return to washington, congress or at least some members in congress are politicized the issue of gas prices. speaker of the house apparently spoke with reporters this morning in which he suggested that the president wasn't in support of expanding domestic oil and gas production, which is categorically false and suggested that somehow, simply by drilling or approving the keystone pipeline that would lower gas prices, that's the kind of empty promise that politicians make when we face hiex in the global price of oil, that is really dishonest with the kind of promise that -- promises that are dishonest with the american people and as you now, the president has from the beginning supported an all the above approach to our energy challenges. that includes expanding domestic oil and gas production as you know, oil and ga
at the daily briefing, jay carney at the top of the briefing making a direct reference to the speaker on gas and energy price. >> reporter: before i get started, i wanted to note as the president predicted last week when he came a speech at the university of miami, upon its return to washington, congress or at least some members in congress are politicized the issue of gas prices. speaker of the house apparently spoke with reporters this morning in which he suggested that the president...
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the white house secretary jay carney said they were cherry picked numbers but this is from the bureau of labor statistics. unemployment rate, government workers 4.2%. nationally, of course, 8.2% of may. unemployment rate public versus private, government workers 4.2. manufacturing 7.1. leisure and hospitality 9.78. construction, 14.2%. then you see this public versus private nearly 23 million government workers, 900,000 unemployed. from the bureau of labor statistics. charles? >> what he is saying about the public sector workers is his belief they are equivalent to the private sector job. if you say the private sector is okay or stalled, you want to buff it up increasing the number of the government bureaucrats that are hired and that is what he believes. public -- a private sector job is job that the government doesn't have to put a penny. in it gets re-knew from the taxes, where the public sector job is somebody who lives entirely off other people working. off their taxes. hugely different. we can see in europe, the meltdown of the councilmembers from greece to portugal, spain and i
the white house secretary jay carney said they were cherry picked numbers but this is from the bureau of labor statistics. unemployment rate, government workers 4.2%. nationally, of course, 8.2% of may. unemployment rate public versus private, government workers 4.2. manufacturing 7.1. leisure and hospitality 9.78. construction, 14.2%. then you see this public versus private nearly 23 million government workers, 900,000 unemployed. from the bureau of labor statistics. charles? >> what he...
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. >> woodruff: later, presidential spokesman jay carney said mr. obama would veto any bill that extended tax cuts for families earning $250,000 a year or more. earlier in the day, house speaker john boehner staked out his position on the same subject. >> you know, on wednesday, i outlined a responsible path forward to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates. about 24 hours after i spoke, the congressional budget office released a report showing that the most harmful consequences of the fiscal cliff come from increasing tax rates. according to ernst & young, ising theop res would destroy nearly 700,000 jobs in our country. the members of our majority understand how important it is to avert the fiscal cliff. that's why the house took action earlier this year to replace the sequester with other types of cuts, and it's also why, over the summer, we passed a bill to extend all of the current tax rates for one year so that we had time to overhaul our tax code. and it's why i outlined a responsible path forward where we can replace the spending c
. >> woodruff: later, presidential spokesman jay carney said mr. obama would veto any bill that extended tax cuts for families earning $250,000 a year or more. earlier in the day, house speaker john boehner staked out his position on the same subject. >> you know, on wednesday, i outlined a responsible path forward to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates. about 24 hours after i spoke, the congressional budget office released a report showing that the most harmful...